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ReviewProgress in lipid research2007

Leptin: at the crossroads of energy balance and systemic inflammation.

Alexandre A Steiner, Andrej A Romanovsky

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Review in Progress in lipid research, 2007. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 41 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
41citing papers in PubMed
1.8field-weighted citation impact, top 15% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

41 citing papers in PubMed, 110 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Alexandre A SteinerSystemic Inflammation Laboratory, Trauma Research, St Joseph's Hospital and Medical Center, Phoenix, AZ 85013, USA.
Andrej A Romanovsky
St. Joseph's Hospital and Medical Center · US

Funding

BLOOD-BRAIN SIGNALING IN INFLAMMATION--ROLE OF ALBUMINR01NS041233 · NINDS · ST. JOSEPH'S HOSPITAL AND MEDICAL CENTER · PI ROMANOVSKY, ANDREJ A · 2000 to 2011
$2.6M
NINDS NIH HHS NS41233NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS041233
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

In addition to playing a central role in energy homeostasis, leptin is also an important player in the inflammatory response. Systemic inflammation is accompanied by fever (less severe cases) or hypothermia (more severe cases). In leptin-irresponsive mutants, the hypothermia of systemic inflammation is exaggerated, presumably due to the enhanced production and cryogenic action of tumor necrosis factor (TNF)-alpha. Mechanisms that exaggerate hypothermia can also attenuate fever, particularly in a cool environment. Another common manifestation of systemic inflammation is behavioral depression. Along with the production of interleukin (IL)-1beta, this manifestation is exaggerated in leptin-irresponsive mutants. The enhanced production of TNF-alpha and IL-1beta may be due, at least in part, to insufficient activation of the anti-inflammatory hypothalamo-pituitary-adrenal axis by immune stimuli in the absence of leptin signaling. In experimental animals and humans that are responsive to leptin, suppression of leptin production under conditions of negative energy balance (e.g., fasting) can exaggerate both hypothermia and behavioral depression. Since these manifestations aid energy conservation, exaggeration of these manifestations under conditions of negative energy balance is likely to be beneficial.

Indexed as

AnimalsHomeostasisHumansInflammationLeptinModels, GeneticReceptors, LeptinTemperatureLeptinReceptors, Leptin

Identifiers

PMID17275915
PMCPMC1976277
OpenAlexW2114140914

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